East Bengal 3-0 Southern Samity, CFL 2017, As it happened

The first half was pretty much balanced but by the start of the second half, East Bengal had gained complete control. They could have got more goals if they were more ruthless in front of goal. Ralte scored the first goal while Samadh and Amna got the other goals.

Amna's performance stood out while Plaza was endearing as well. Southern will go back and try to figure out what went wrong.

Willis Plaza advances down the right and makes loads of room before unleashing a powerful shot. The ball rebounds off the first post but falls at Amna's feet who finishes calmly. No way back from here for Southern.

Samad Ali Mallick overlaps through the right wing and sends in a cross. However, the cross is misdirected towards the goal instead of the centre of the box. The goalkeeper is caught off-guard and the ball goes in!

The referee blows the whistle for the half-time. East Bengal were lucky to take the lead but they have to be more ruthless in the second half to kill the game. Southern have been creating chances as well but their final ball has been lacking. We will be back in live action in 15 minutes. Stay tuned.